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THE HAPPY HEART EAMILY 







“ Now one hoi Sr.M.Mh:i<’S DAY, PAPA (i( )( ) I )-l I h: A I'll' and th(' littU- u-env 
M()rilh'K look all tlicii' lew childi'en lor a walk on the beach. “ 


THE HAPPY 
HEART FAMILY 



By VIRGINIA GERSON 


New York 

DUFFIELD & COMPANY 
1907 




LtSRARY of CONGRESS 
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Copyright, 1904, 1905, 
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Copyright, 1907, 
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This edition published August, 1907 





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1. 

The Whole Family . . . . 

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II. 

Just the Little Bits of Babies 

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III. 

The Strange Creatures . . . . 

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IV. 

The Nanny-Goat’s Short Tale 

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V. 

The Foolish Naughtiness 

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VI. 

The Catama-Nanny Boat 

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VII. 

The Lucky Accident . . . . 

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VIII. 

The Jolly-Jumpers 

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IX. 

The Lost Child 

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X. 

The Valentines 

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XI. 

The Busy Day 

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XII. 

The Good-Night Story . . . . 

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XIII. 

The Night Before Christmas ! 

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XIV. 

“ Buttons ” 

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THE HAPPY HEART EAMILY 




THE 

HAPPY HEART FAMILY 


Chapter I 

THE WHOLE EAMILY 

There was once upon a time a little tiny 
MOTHER. And this little tiny MOTHER had a 
heart as big as her whole body, except just a little head 
(so she could be sensible) and enough hands and feet to 
keep her from being lazy. Her family was called the 
HEART EAMILY, but she was always called 

LITTLE MOTHER-HEART. 



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THEN there was a FATHER to this family, 


and his name was — 

PAPA GOOD-HEART. 


And then there were a few children. 




Chapter II 

JUST THE LITTLE BITS OF BABIES 

Now there was something very funny about these 
children: When they were little teeny tiny babies 

they all looked EXACTLY ALIKE, and LITTLE 
MOTHER-HEART used to carry them around 

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THIS— 



But when they were ONE YEAR 

OLD she would get very anxious to 

know if they were going to be little BOY- 

HEARTS or little GIRL-HEARTS, and so she would 

stand them down on a lovely rose-colour mat, and then 

if the little heart was a little GIRL-HEART 

she would 


stand 

this 



way — 


BUT if it was a 

little BOY-HEART, he would stand up 


like 



this ! 


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chapter III 

THE STRANGE CREATURES 

Now one hot SUMMER’S DAY PAPA GOOD- 
HEART and the little teeny MOTHER took all their 
few children for a walk on the beach, when WHAT 
should come walking along the SEA-SHORE, arm in 
arm, but a red and white striped NANNY-GOAT and 
a BLACK VELVET CAT with a white shirt-front 
and long whiskers! 


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“But instead of runninj^ away, these Fl^XXV Cl^EAl FRES began dancing 
the most lovely two-stej)." 




The little-hearts were so frightened that they all 
stood still, and then they all began to thump up and 
down, and then they began to scream, and throw sand 
and sea-weed at them as fast as they could. But in- 
stead of running away, these FUNNY CREATURES 
began dancing the most lovely two-step, and bowed so 
deeply to each other, that the little-hearts dropped the 
sand and sea-weed and all of them joined the dance. 



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Chapter IV 

THE NANNY-GOAT’S SHORT TALE 

At last it was evening, and time to go home. So 
LITTLE MOTHER-HEART invited the FUNNY 
CREATURES to supper with them at the HEART- 
HOUSE, where all the doors and windows are always 
open. 

After they had finished a large dish of Sweetness 
with hot Happy-dumplings, and all the little-hearts with 
lots of kisses were tumbled higglety-pigglety into their 
little beds, PAPA GOOD-HEART asked the 
NANNY-GOAT if she would like to tell how she 
came to have such pretty colours? And the NANNY- 
GOAT said that one day a NICE LITTLE BOY 


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had invited her to take a walk with him in the CITY, 
and he bought her a paper full of candy, and when 
they finished eating the candy she ate up the paper; 
but when she saw how surprised the NICE LITTLE 
BOY was, she felt so ashamed she turned all red and 
white! The BLACK VELVET CAT had to twist 
his whiskers to keep from laughing when he heard this — 
but nobody could see if PAPA GOOD-HEART or 
LITTLE MOTHER-HEART smiled or not, because 
just then a puff of wind came in the window and blew 
the candle out! 



chapter V 

THE FOOLISH NAUGHTINESS 


At sunrise the next morning, although it was rain- 
ing hard, the NANNY-GOAT and the BLACK 
VELVET CAT said they must go. 

Of course PAPA GOOD-HEART coaxed them 
to stay, and LITTLE MOTHER-HEART offered 
them a cup of Taffy and a dish of Sweet-nothings 
rolled up in little pink balls — but they said they 
must go. 

As soon as they were gone LITTLE MOTHER- 
HEART called all the LITTLE GIRL-HEARTS to 


hurry and fetch their curl-papers, and have their hair 
twLted up in lollipops for Sunday. 

But the LITTLE BOY-HEARTS didn’t care for 
curls, and besides they thought it was awfully jolly to 
be out in the rain, so PAPA GOOD-HEART took 
them all in a row, down to the BEACH, and built 


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And he made Master J()MM^ IIARD^ -HEART come right straight down 
without any jump.” 



“And so they all walked sadly home! 


them a high SAND-HILL; and they all took turns to 


run up to the top of it, and then jump 
Oh ! It was lots of fun ! 



But there was one little BOY-HEART thought 
it would be MORE fun to be naughty, so he didn’t 
wait for his turn, but ran up behind his brother and 
upset him, and made him roll head over heels, all the 
way down to the bottom — where he would have been 
broken all to PIECES, only the sand was so wet and 
soft. 

But PAPA GOOD-HEART was MIGHTY 
angry when he saw this, and he made Master TOMMY 
HARDY-HEART come right straight down without 
any jump ! 

And then he smashed his brand new Peppermint- 
stick cane into atoms, and gave each one a long piece 
except tommy! But at this his little brothers 
cried so hard they nearly burst their sides, but PAPA 
GOOD-HEART told them he had no more, and 
so they all walked sadly home. 


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Chapter VI 


THE CATAMA-NANNY BOAT 


Just as the clock was striking Cookie-time, the 
sun came out through the rain drops, and HANS 
FRITZIE-HEART (the gardener) came out into the 
garden again to see how the HAPPY HEART FAM- 
ILY’S all-sorts-of-flowers looked after the shower! 
And oh! the pink TULIPS! they had all opened to 
say “Good evening;” and the POPPIES were bowing 
politely as Miss BREEZE passed by, and the PANSIES 
had all turned into little JOHNNY-JUMP-UPS, be- 
cause a little LADY-BUG had walked into the garden! 

And Hans Fritzie-heart was singing at the top 
of his voice when PAPA GOOD-HEART and all 
the little BOY-HEARTS came marching up to the 
gate. They were all so excited trying to show each 
other the beautiful Rainbow up in the Sky, that 
nobody saw a Great Big LETTER that was lying 
right out in FRONT of them on the grass! until 

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“ Nobody saw a (ireat LE r rii^R 


that was rij^ht out in front of them I" 




little Mister CLUMSY-HEART stubbed his toe, and 
stumbled all over it! — he laughed out so it made them 
all turn round to see what was the matter? — and there 
lay the letter! and just as soon as dear old HANS 
FRITZIE-HEART could lift poor little CLUMSY- 
HEART off of the Address! they read, in large print- 
ing letters : 



and inside was written in elegent curlyques: 

dead you a ptcoent 

with out Looe. 
STBiotet (Sat and 
STbidO 9^ann.y- ffoat, 
you'ttfind it on the cSeach/' 


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Back to the SEA-SHORE they scampered, as fast 
as they could, calling the NEWS back after them to 



the little teeny MOTHER and all 
the little lollipop ladies. 


But LITTLE MOTHER-HEART knew all 


about it already (she always knew what was in letters 
before she read them), so she was very busy just then, 
combing out curls, tying bows, and filling a big bas- 




kisses and Flap-jacks 
Whatnots until it 


and little sticky 
nearly spilled over. ^ 


Then she followed down, with all the LITTLE 
GIRL-HEARTS crowding around her, and nearly step- 
ping on her heels (like some little girls do !) to the Beach, 
where the PRESENT — which was a beautiful CAT- 
AMA-NANNY-BOAT ! — was bobbing up and down 


on the edge of the water ! 




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of childrcm, ifcttinj^ in and sittim;' down in the arm-chair seat ! ' 


oh! but I wish you could have seen PAPA 
GOOD-HEART !— a big basket of GOODIES on each 
arm, and shouting so loud you could hear him 



“Come, MY HEARTIES: All aboard for the 
CATAMA-NANNY-BOAT!” And LITTLE 
MOTHER-HEART, with her arms full of the little 
bits of children, getting in and sitting down in the arm- 
chair seat I 

In a minute all the LITTLE HEARTIES were 
scrambled in! PAPA GOOD-HEART pushed her 
off! — the breezes puffed out the sail ! and away they 
went, over the tops of the waves, ^ ^ p 



faster than anybody could tell it! 


Oh! What lots of hands dipping in the water! 
And Oh! such munching of Elap-jacks and nibbling and 
mincing of Raspberry-kisses ! 


The next day they all went out sailing again, but 
Oh! my BUTTONS I they sailed so fast, on the tops 
of the waves — and so far off — in two minutes I couldn’t 
see a thing they were doing or hear a word that they 
said I 

And the THIRD DAY!— such a BIG WIND 
came up — it blew them 



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THE LUCKY ACCIDENT 


A little bird told us a SECRET today ! ! I 
said: ‘‘Little Bird, what IS THAT way off there 
on the water ? — it looks EXACTLY like a 
CATAMA- NANNY BOAT with the WHOLE 
HAPPY-HEART-EAMILY on board!” 

And the Little Bird hopped on my shoulder 
and whispered, right in my ear (so LOUD I 
could see the Little MOTHER - HEART turn 
right around and wave back with her little lace 
pocket-handkerchief ! ) — “ Yes it IS! ” 

“It IS the HAPPY -HEART FAMILY,” 
whispered the Little Bird; “the WEATHER- 
COCK flew around, and they are all blowing 
BACK INTO MY STORY AGAIN as fast as 
they can!! But THAT wasn’t the secret! 

“HERE SHE COMES!” 


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chirped the little BIRD. And the teeny, tiny 
boat all crowded with the teeny, tiny people, 
came sailing up with the wind — nearer and 
Nearer and getting Bigger and BIGGER every 
minute, until all of a sudden it sailed right up 
to the Tip TOP of a high wave, that rolled 
up and then BURST over the Beach and turned 
the CATAMA-NANNY BOAT up-side-down and 
spilled out the WHOLE HAPPY FAMILY all 
over everywhere : 



WELCOME HOME ! ” said two BLUE 
SAILORS, who saw them coming, jumping up 


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and running hard out of the way, so as not to be 
splashed ! 

But they stopped still when they saw the little 
teeny MOTHER, and bowed very deeply, and popped 
off their two little round hats most politely — 

And then they ran over to PAPA GOOD- 
HEART, helping with all their MIGHT AND 
MAIN 



to set the CATAMA-NANNY BOAT back on 
the water, — pulling down the sail and making fast 
the anchor to keep it from sailing right away again ! 
But they weren’t quick enough to catch and save 
any of the little hats that went whirling olf of all 
the little heads and spinning away up the beach. 


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Chapter VIII 
THE JOLLY-JUMPERS 


PAPA GOOD -HEART then asked one of 
the BLUE SAILORS (who, he noticed, had long 
whiskers, and so looked as if he knew everything^ 
if he could explain any reason why the CATAMA- 
NANNY BOAT had tipped them all up-side- 
down on the Beach ? 

The SAILOR with the long whiskers was 
looking very side-ways at little TOMMY HARDY- 
HEART (who was just creeping out from under 



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“ Little Mother Heart was busy sorting out all the children.” 


a whole lot of his little brothers and sisters) and 
would only say: 

‘‘PERHAPS it is because,” — so he had heard! — 
A CATAMA-NANNY BOAT has no SPANKER 
on board I 

Little MOTHER-HEART was very busy just 
tnen, assorting the children and standing them 
right-side-up, but she stopped sort of quickly and 
asked the BLUE SAILORS if they would 
“PLEASE tell her their names?” (just to change 
the conversation.) But they would only say: 

“We are two JOLLY- JUMPERS,” and then 
one of them Kippered away, dancing a few steps 



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of the FANTOD, while the other one played on 
the FRIGATOON. 

The little MOTHER-HEART was sure then 
she had seen them SOMEWHERE before! So 
she coaxed PAPA GOOD- HEART to ask them 
if they didn’t just happen to be the BLACK 
VELVET CAT and the RED AND WHITE 
STRIPED NANNY-GOAT? But they would 
only say: 

«We are ERIENDS.— ERIENDS come in all 
sorts of shapes and dresses.” 

At that the little, teeny MOTHER smiled 
one of her BEAMING SMILES on them, which 
seemed to please them a great deal, for they ran 
off on their sea-legs and brought back a big 
basket and they told Little MOTHER -HEART 




that if she would do them the HONOR of 
PEEKING IN! — she would find a few tit-bits inside; 
a little Nip-CHEESE, some Fair-weather-ROLLS 
and a cool glass of Sally-PORT, and then they 
brought out T-PLATES and Spy-GLASSES and 
spread them out on the sand and the WHOLE 
FAMILY sat around and had the largest PIC- 
NIC ever seen. 

But oh! the little GIRL-HEARTS had oh! 
such happytites after the accident, that the little, 
teeny MOTHER was quite MORTIFIED and 
had to make eyes at them when the Nip-cheese 
was passed around the third time. 


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After a little while PAPA GOOD-HEART 
thought it was high time to be putting on his^ 
THINKING-CAP and find out WHERE thejr 
were? — and HOW to get back to CONTENT- 
ICUT? 

This time PAPA GOOD- HEART thought 
he would try the OTHER BLUE SAILOR, 
(^who, he noticed, had two funny horns sticking 
out from under the back of his hat!) 

«If you please MISTER JOLLY-JUMPER,” 
said PAPA GOOD-HEART, ^‘can you tell me 
the way to CONTENTICUT ? ” 

‘‘It’s a SAILOR’S WAY to follow a star,” 
said the JOLLY-JUMPER, and he picked up a 


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Star-fish and handed it to PAPA GOOD-HEART 
^ — but the star-fish was pointing in five different 
ways ! 

The other BLUE SAILOR had to twist his 
whiskers at that, but he said: — 

“The SHORTEST way to CONTENTICUT 
is, to turn to the right and then go straight 
ahead.” 

And true enough! there at the end of the 
road stood the HAPPY-HEART HOUSE, peep- 
ing up out of a wreath of pink rose bushes with the 
little white deers romping in and out, and HANS- 
FRITZIE- HEART and the COOK and the 
COACHMAN all running around pointing up to 
the WEATHER-COCK! 

Little MOTHER -HEART joyfully gathered 
together all the few little bits of babies, PAPA 
GOOD-HEART called out in a BIG VOICE to 
the rest: — 


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‘‘LOADS OF CHILDREN— COME!” and 
they all thanked the good JOLLY- JUMPERS and 
bid them good-bye and started toward HOME 1 



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“When they came to the wide open gate of 1 I I^AR'r-l lOUSK they nearly jumped out 
of their skins for joy ! ” 







chapter IX 



THE LOST CHILD 

When they came to the wide open gate of 
HEART-HOUSE they nearly jumped out of their 
skins for JOY! — for there, waiting for them on the 
broad porch were not only the dear COOKIE and 
the dear COACHMAN and dear HANS-FRITZIE- 
HEART, but all their cousins (the VALEN- 
TINES) besides! MR. FUNNY VALENTINE 
and MRS. FANCY VALENTINE and ever so 
many different little VALENTINES. 



“HOORAY for TOMMY HARDY-HEART!” 
shouted little FUNNY VALENTINE, (who was 



next to the smallest of them all) from the end of 
the bottom step of the Porch — 


NO ANSWER! 



‘‘No Little TOMMY HARDY-HEART ANY- 
WHERE to be seen!” 

The little MOTHER-HEART had already 
gone into the house for a minute to give each 
one of the little bits of babies a fearful lot of 


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little Kisses, and tumble them into their little 
beds, so PAPA GOOD-HEART hurried on alone 
to the gate and called out at the TOP OF HIS 
VOICE!— 

“Tommy! — TOMMY! Where ARE you?” 



NO ANSWER! 

No little TOMMY HARDY-HEART ANY- 
WHERE to be seen! 

Then, he took out his long boat-glass, and 


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first he looked 
up the road ! — 



Poor PAPA GOOD-HEART! He knew well 
the little, teeny MOTHER would think he had been 
very careless to lose one of her nice little children — 
when all of a sudden out rushed ALL the little 
dogs — 


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The little black dog 


and the 



little brown dog 



; and the 


little spotted dog, 
a barking and 
behind him that 
HEART turned quickly 
ter?!!— and THERE 


and set up such 
jumping around 
PAPA GOOD- 
to see WHAT was the mat- 



stood the 

LOST 

CHILD! 


The three little 
dogs stopped jump- 
ing around and the 



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little brown dog wagged his tail as FAST as he 
could but the little black dog and the little 
spotted dog had hardly any tails to wag, so they 
stood on their heads for joy ! 



But PAPA GOOD-HEART only lifted 
MASTER TOMMY up very carefully and led the 
way in to the little tiny MOTHER. 





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chapter X 


THE VALENTINES 


But Mrs. VALENTINE called to little 
EUNNY and told him to come back! 

You see they hadn’t come to STAY that 
day, they had only just stopped to tell the little 
MOTHER-HEART that they would all and 
more come and spend the day at HEART-HOUSE 
on the 14th of Eebruary ; and to bring the little 
HEARTIES a beautiful little dog for a present. 



The VALENTINES were a very ELEGANT 
family because their Grandpa was a Saint, so Mrs. 
EANCY VALENTINE always wore white lace — 


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paper dresses with flowers and roses pasted all 
over and jingles on her sleeves. (And all her little 
girls looked just like her, — only smaller.) 

And they only come to call once a year, 
and NEVER rode on old-fashioned little deers, 
like the Happy-Hearts ! — THEY had a real BLUE- 
RIBBON coachman in their stable, with pink 
cheeks and yellow hair and two little white wings 
and a blue ribbon over his shoulder, who sent them 



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“Mr. Funny Valentine and Mrs. Fancy Valentine.” 



off on fast DARTS — SO fast, it put them all in 
a quiver when it was over. 

The FATHER, Mr. FUNNY VALENTINE, 
was not very pretty to look at, but he was so 
comical that EVERYBODY liked him. 

(And all his little boys were just like him, — only 
smaller.) 

The little HEARTS all crowded around them 
and WISHED that they would stay ! but as soon 
as Mrs. VALENTINE had left her little message, 
and Mr. FUNNY VALENTINE had given the 
HEARTIES his present, they bid every one an 



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Elegant good-bye, and they flounced down to the 
gate and jumped on their DARTS and shot 
home! 



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“They jumped on their darts and shot home, 



Chapter XI 
THE BUSY DAY 

The next morning was fine and sunshiny! — 
the BROOK was bubbling along, — the little 
BIRDS were chirping and hopping around and 
the MORNING GLORIES were ALL out! — and 
Besides! — it was 


SCHOOL DAY! 


and all the little HEARTIES came rushing out of 
the big, front door — when oh! my SIDES! little 
CLUMSY-HEART stepped out too far! and 


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tumbled head-foremost (taking one of his little 
brothers with him) into a big basket piled sky- 
high with all sorts of little HATS ! 



‘‘Oh! our hats! our HATS! 

SOMEBODY has FOUND our HATS!!” 
They all SCREAMED at once. 

“Maybe it was the JOLLY-JUMPERS!” 
They all screamed at once. 

“Oh! didn’t you just LOVE those JOLLY- 
JUMPERS?” Everybody screamed at the same 
time. 


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‘‘ I NEARLY did ! ” piped up one of the 
little Girl-hearts. 

“ Only they had such funny faces ! — and ONE 
of them had two sorts of HORNS under his 
Sailor-hat ! ” 

‘‘ Yes !— and the Other one had WHISKERS,” 
shouted TOMMY HARDY-HEART. 

Well, some Human Beings have whiskers,” 
some one said from the bottom of the basket, and 
Little CLUMSY climbed out with a big bottle 
under his arm, and they all crowded around, and 
in the bottle was a piece of paper, and on the 
paper it said : 


From 



The Jolly-Jumpers 

with our love 
WE caught them 


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“ Well, anyway, it was SWEET of them to 
find our hats,” piped up the little Girl-heart, 
(whom you couldn’t see, for they JUST remem- 
bered about SCHOOL) and all rushed to the 
BASKET at once, and oh ! such a mix-max of 
HEARTIES and wrong hats! — Big heads got little 
hats — 




but there was no time to notice, and they all ran 
ofF through the GOOSEBERRY Patch to the 
School-house. 



The little Boy-hearts always got there first! 
because the little Girl-hearts had such little feet that 
if they tried to run fast they tipped over! 

When the little Girls came up, as fast as they 
could, TOMMY HARDY-HEART began to 
laugh at them — they looked so scareless in their 
wrong hats. 



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But they piped up that HE didn’t have on 
a right hat either! 


and then there was a busy 
time, everybody changing around with each other, 
until each one had on his OWN hat nicely, and 
NEATLY, because you know: 

It wasn’t a School 
Of A, B, C! 

Or how to count 
Up I, 2, 3! 

Or Kings and Queens 
Of history. 

Or anything like 
Geography! 



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But: how to laugh, 
And not to giggle! 

To sit quite still 
And not to wriggle ! 
Or little lessons 
Such as this is: 

To butterfly you 
Little Kisses! 


And did you Know? 



A noble DUKE 

Once Came to School 
To hear the HEARTIES sing! 
But thought the song 
Was rather long 
(And gaped like anything!) 
Still when they’d done 


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He Kissed each one 



And said he’d ‘‘Had a treat.” 

Then on his Noble tippy-toes 
He tripped into the street. 

But that was oh! 

SO long ago, 

That if it’s TRUE 


I do not know. 







When school was over HANS-FRITZIE 
HEART put his head in the door, and said 
^‘Ladies and Gentlemen, the CARRIAGE is waiting.’ 

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And they all marched out, and were rolled back 


to HEART-HOUSE! 



Except a few, that the COACHMAN took 
home PICK-A-BACK! 






THE GOOD-NIGHT STORY 

It was EVER so long after that School Day, 
and it was all Snowy outside and Iciclely and 
Frizzily! and now it was beginning to be EVENING 
and there was a beautiful STAR in the SKY! 

So little MOTHER-HEART called all the 
little HEARTIES to fetch their little NIGHTIES and 



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their SLIPPIPPERS and their EASY-CHAIRS and 
she would tell them a 

GOOD-NIGHT STORY 

“It is the story of 

THE THREE KISSES 

(That was REALLY only ONE Kiss,)” said 
the little, teeny MOTHER as soon as they were 
seated, and very comfortable, in their EASY- 
CHAIRS. 

“There was ONCE UPON A TIME a 
LITTLE BOY, and this is how he looked: he 
had a little round face, with two chocolate-drops 
on it, (for eyes) a little round lump, (for a nose) 
and something else, very sweet, that was full of 


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little white teeth, and tasted mighty good to Kiss. 
Then he had a few little brown whisps of hair, a 
pink slip, and a pair of patent leather slippers. — 
But NOW comes the INTERESTING part! 
— (At this they all sat up very straight) — Of course 
this LITTLE BOY had a MOTHER, and SHE 
had a little round face, with two little chocolate- 
drops on it, (for eyes) and a little round lump 
(for a nose) and something else, very sweet, that 



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was full of little white teeth and tasted mighty 
good to Kiss. 

But SHE had long black wisps of hair, and 
a flower in it and two great, big slippers. — 

But NOW comes the EXCITING part: (^At 
this they all sat way out on the edge of their 
chairs) — Of course this LITTLE BOY had a 
great, big, stout, PAPA, and he had a Stove-pipe 
hat and a long crooked cane and a pocket puffed 
out with sugar-plum candies on each side! — 

But NOW comes the CUNNING part! (At 
this they all settled down way back in their chairs 
again) — Of course this LITTLE BOY had a little 
BROTHER — Little ROLIE! and THAT’S the 
cunning part! 


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But NOW comes 
the REAL STORY! 
— Of course this 
LITTLE BOY had a 
BIRTHDAY and so 
PAPA 
Kissed 

MAMA 




and Mama gave the 
LITTLE BOY the 
Kiss (because it was 
his birthday and he 
was three years old) 


and the LITTLE 
BOY ran and gave 
the Kiss to ROLIE, 

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and that is the end of my story of 

‘‘THE THREE KISSES!” 
— but none of them heard the end! 





So the little teeny MOTHER shut the book, 
and she thought to herself — “Well maybe the little 
VALENTINES do have the prettiest WHITE- 
LACE-PAPER DRESSES, but I think MY chil- 
dren are the most LOVE-UPABLE ! 


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THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS ^ 

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Then little MOTHER-HEART lifted up each 
little HEARTIE and put him in his little bed and 
rolled them up like a lot of little white woolly 
lambs. 

TOMMY HARDY-HEART woke up a little 
and wondered “which do Rein-deers do? ‘Me-ow’ 
or ‘Bark’!” — but while he was thinking his eye- 
lashes went tight-shut again like all the rest, and 
then they all began DREAMING the same dream — 

SOMETHING was happening in HEART- 
HOUSE! PAPA GOOD-HEART and the little 
teeny MOTHER seemed never still a minute — there 
was so much to do. 

Then came HANS-ERITZIE HEART tramp- 
ing in out of the snow, with no ELOWER- 
POT HAT on — but a cap with ear-tabs on it, 
and bright red cheeks and a beautiful EVER- 
GREEN TREE, and the HEARTIES began right 
away to tie lots of little things on it! — Nobody 

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was too small to HELP — especially on the 
bottom branches. 

And the COACHMAN outside let all the 
little WHITE deers run all over anywhere they 
liked, but he combed and brushed the REIN- 
DEERS, and hung BELLS around their necks, 
until they looked pretty enough to go to a party. 



And suddenly there was a great snorting and 
stamping around in the snow, and sleigh-bells 


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ringing and jingling, and a great BIG SLEIGH 
stopped at the WIDE OPEN door of HEART- 
HOUSE! and PAPA GOOD-HEART came out, 
with bulging-out bags full of toys and put them 
in the sleigh, and all the little HEARTIES ran 
after him, picking up 


DRUMS and BALLS, 
and WOOLEY-LAMBS, 
and DOLLS, 

and little RED WAGONS, 
and HORSES, 
and SPOTTED DOGS, 
and JUMPING-JACKS, 
and DRUM-STICKS, 
and NOAH’S ARKS, 
and AUTOMOBILES, 


that had spilled out of the bags on the way ! 


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and then the Little MOTHER-HEART did such 
STRANGE THINGS! 

First she called to a little HEARTIE and 
asked him to run along and bring her PAPA 
GOOD-HEART’S STOVE-PIPE HAT. 

And when he came back with a RED CAP 
with fur all around it, instead ! she said : 

That’s RIGHT ! ! 

And when she called little Clumsy (who couldn’t 
hear her right away because he was holding his 
fingers in his ears, TOMMY was playing so loud 
on a drum) to run and bring her PAPA GOOD- 
HEART’S Peppermint-Stick-CANE, and he brought 
back instead a pair of stout mittens and a long 
WHIP!— yet little MOTHER-HEART said 

‘‘That’s RIGHT!” 



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And when she sent MASTER HARDY-HEART for 
PAPA GOOD-HEART’S nke old stout pink over- 
coat with CHINA BUTTONS on it, and he dragged 
back a great, heavy, furry one instead, she said: — 

‘‘Good BOY!” 

It was very strange. 

Then a little teeny HEART came up carry- 
ing such a big, long BELT, that he could hardly 


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get his breath ! So as soon as he had rested a little, 
he asked PAPA GOOD-HEART, “Why he was 
so fat?” 

And PAPA GOOD-HEART buckled it around 
him, and TOLD him he had to be so fat so he 
would fit the belt! 


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And then, last of all came a big, WHITE 
BEARD with sticking-out MUSTACHES! 



And when PAPA GOOD-HEART put THAT 
on and the little teeny MOTHER handed him a 
PIPE and he got into the SLEIGH! — he didn’t 
look like PAPA GOOD-HEART at all, but just 
like SANTA CLAUS! 

There was a shout of COME RACERS ! ” — a 
crack of the whip ! and the Reindeers dashed up 
in the air and scampered up to the sky ! 

The little HEARTS were so frightened for fear 
PAPA GOOD-HEART would fall out of the sleigh 
that they all went thumpity thump ! ! ! 


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Chapter XIV 
‘‘BUTTONS” 

But just then little MOTHER-HEART tip- 
toed in ! and gave each little HEART a little round 
kiss to WAKE HIM UP! for right behind her 
came PAPA GOOD-HEART — just the SAME AS 
EVER! — shouting in his jolly stout voice: — MERRY 
CHRISTMAS! MY HEARTIES! and jumped 
everybody out of bed ! And behind him came little 
“BUTTONS” with a large Christmas jolly-cake, 
that said on it — 

“Eor The Happy Heart Eamily 
from COOKIE” 

in pink sugar ! 



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